Typical London Tonight reporting

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Just watched an item in which two former cycle couriers were claiming they were amongst the first to ride fixed wheel bikes on the road 8 years ago.

People were riding fixed wheel bikes pretty much from the start of the bike - but they were popular throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s at least.

Now someone thinks they've invented something new.

[Diver]

Ay! many a time I fixed a wheel on me bike and rode it on't road

[threaded]

What a co-incidence!

Got home with my dead bike to receive a telling off from girly for "Illegal street racing, AGAIN!"

Tried with the denials, received a grilling about how exactly I broke my bike, and was then presented with this as evidence . What an ambush! Darn it, busted again. (You have to play spot the threaded, but to make it easy, I'm the one with the nice legs on a fixie.)

[Bagpuss]

Just watched an item in which two former cycle couriers were claiming they were amongst the first to ride fixed wheel bikes on the road 8 years ago.

People were riding fixed wheel bikes pretty much from the start of the bike - but they were popular throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s at least.

Now someone thinks they've invented something new.

BMX bikes didn't have any gears

[Diver]

What a co-incidence!

Got home with my dead bike to receive a telling off from girly for "Illegal street racing, AGAIN!"

Tried with the denials, received a grilling about how exactly I broke my bike, and was then presented with this as evidence . What an ambush! Darn it, busted again. (You have to play spot the threaded, but to make it easy, I'm the one with the nice legs on a fixie.)

See! Cyclists with no consideration whatsoever for pedestrians or other road users.
Run them off the road I say.
Preferably at speed and into the nearest plate glass window.

Cool video by the way threaded

[Peoplesoft bloke]

BMX bikes didn't have any gears

Not the same thing - a fixed wheel bike has no freewheel either - pedals are permanently connected to the wheel. But it wasn't invented by some lycra-clad ex-courier in London.

[Diver]

Not the same thing - a fixed wheel bike has no freewheel either - pedals are permanently connected to the wheel. But it wasn't invented by some lycra-clad ex-courier in London.

We used to make them when I was a kid 40 years ago.

[Bumfluff]

I used to race BMX's the first time round when they were cool,

'riders ready, peddles ready, gooooooooooooo'

[threaded]

Reminds me of the "Bike Polo" reporting a few months back, even though it was an exhibition sport at the Olympics in 1908 ...

[darmstadt]

People were riding fixed wheel bikes pretty much from the start of the bike - but they were popular throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s at least.

Now someone thinks they've invented something new.

I had one as a young lad in South Africa in the 70's, bloody scary thing it was too, especially when you got up speed...